Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives, who Have Been Carried Away by the Indians from the Various Frontier Settlements of the United States, from the Earliest to the Present Time. Illustrating the Manner and Customs, Barbarous Rites and Ceremonies, of the North American Indians, and Their Various Methods of Torture Practised Upon Such as Have from Time to Time, Fallen Into Their HandsAntiquarian bookstore and institute, 1841 - 354 էջ |
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... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
... four stakes in the ground , and to these they fastened four poles ; the captive was then taken , and with his arms and legs extended , was by them bound to these poles , at such a distance from the ground , that a fire , made directly ...
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... four of their number were dispatched to carry the tidings to Mocoso , and to learn his pleasure in regard to the disposition to be made of him ; but instead of sending any word of direc- tion , Mocoso went himself out to meet Ortiz ...
... four of their number were dispatched to carry the tidings to Mocoso , and to learn his pleasure in regard to the disposition to be made of him ; but instead of sending any word of direc- tion , Mocoso went himself out to meet Ortiz ...
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... four words . ” At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
... four words . ” At other times he was so entirely misunderstood , that after they had followed his direction through a tedious march of a whole day , they would find themselves obliged to return again to the same place . " Such was the ...
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... four of us taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said , that if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their ...
... four of us taken alive and carried captive . I had often before this said , that if the Indians should come , I should choose rather to be killed by them than taken alive , but when it came to the trial , my mind changed ; their ...
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... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
... four little cousins and neighbors , some of which I never saw afterward ; the Lord only knows the end of them . Among them also was that poor woman before men- tioned , who came to a sad end , as some of the company told me in my travel ...
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Tragedies of the Wilderness : Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives ... Samuel Gardner Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1853 |
Tragedies of the Wilderness: Or, True and Authentic Narratives of Captives ... Samuel G. Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1844 |
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Էջ 29 - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.
Էջ 27 - Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Էջ 31 - Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
Էջ 37 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Էջ 39 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Էջ 30 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Էջ 40 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove : Mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed ; undertake for me.
Էջ 21 - Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out. Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, "Lord, what shall we do?
Էջ 286 - Mr. Tracy, happened to call upon me, saying that another canoe had just arrived from Detroit, and proposing that I should go with him to the beach, to inquire the news, it so happened that I still remained,, to finish my letters, promising to follow Mr.
Էջ 34 - It seems to be a bait, the devil lays to make men loose their precious time: I remember with shame, how formerly, when I had taken two or three pipes, I was presently ready for another, such a bewitching thing it is...